Chapter-2
Procedure for Conferring Decorations
3. Power to confer decorations:
(1) The Government of Nepal may, on the recommendation of the Committee, confer decoration, pursuant to this Act, on any citizen of Nepal who has rendered special contribution to the political, economic, social, cultural and research walk of national life as well as other walks or international sector.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), the Government of Nepal may, in honor, confer decoration on any foreign citizen who is renowned in any area internationally or has rendered special contribution to the interest of Nepal.
(3) Decorations to be conferred pursuant to Sub-section (1) or (2) shall be conferred on any national day as specified by the Government of Nepal.
(4) In conferring decorations pursuant to Sub-sections 91) and (2), the Government of Nepal shall issue a public notice for the information of the people generally, also setting out the names of persons receiving decorations and types of such decorations and contribution rendered by them to the national life, and such a notice shall also be published in the Nepal Gazette.
4. Decoration Committee:
(1) There shall be a Decoration Committee as follows to make recommendation to the Council of Ministers in relation to decorations to be conferred pursuant to this Act:
(a) Senior Deputy Prime Minister or in the case where he or she is not appointed, the Senior Minister of the Council of Ministers -Chairperson
(b) Minister for Home Affairs -Member
(c) Six persons including woman as designated by the Council of Ministers on the basis of principle of inclusion from amongst the persons who have rendered outstanding contribution to the national life -Member
(d) Home Secretary -Member secretary
(2) The meetings of the Committee shall be held at such time and venue as specified by the chairperson.
(3) The Rules of procedures of meetings of the Committee shall be as determined by the Committee itself.
5. Procedure for recommending decorations: (1) If the following office- bearers, employees or personalities have contributed to the nation by doing excellent work in their respective fields, the following bodies or authorities shall make a recommendation, along with the description of contributions meetings of the Committee shall be held at such time and
rendered by such office-bearers, employees or personalities, in the format set forth in the Schedule, to the Committee within the specified time:
(a) The Foreign Minister, in the case of heads of state, heads of government, ministers or equivalent official or office-bearers there above and other citizens of foreign countries;
(b) T he Com m i t t e e , i n t h e c a s e o f o f f ic e – b e a r e r s o f constitutional bodies, and the chief of the concerned constitutional bodies, in the case of employees;
(c) The Secretary General, in the case of the employees of the Secretariat of the Legislative-Parliament;
(d) The concerned Minister, in the case of the employees concerned with any Minister or any persons who are related w ith that Ministry but are not in the government service;
(e) The Minister for Home Affairs, in the case of persons other than those set forth in Clauses (a) to (d).
(2) Upon receipt of a recommendation from the concerned body or office-bearer for decorations pursuant to Sub-section (1), the Committee shall make necessary examination and make a recommendation to the Council of Ministers for conferring decorations, along with a list of names of such office-bearers, employees and personalities who have been found appropriate for conferring decorations on them pursuant to this Act and the rules framed under this Act and setting out the types of decorations conferrable on them.
(3) In recommending for honours and titles on citizens of foreign countries, such a recommendation shall be made also taking into consideration of the practices of such countries.
6. Grounds for recommendation of decorations: Recommendations to the Committee for decorations shall be made on the following grounds:
(a) Having rendered special contribution to works of enhancing the glory of the nation;
(b) Ha ving done excellent job in his or her field a nd rendered contribution to the nation;
(c) In the case of persons associated with the government service, having performed the works entrusted to him or her admirably;
(d) In the case of foreign citizens, having rendered special contribution to the prosperity of Nepal and to the enhancing of the honour of Nepal at the international level;
(e) Having rendered special contribution to the public interest by performing any courageous or intellectual work;
(f) Having met other grounds as prescribed.
7. Decoration ceremony:
(1) The Prime Minister shall grant the decoration, insignia group and miniature thereof to the person receiving the decoration on the decoration ceremony.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), the Council of Ministers may arrange for decoration conferring ceremony at any time for conferring decorations on the heads of state or heads of government or dignitaries of foreign countries pursuant to this Act.
(3) If a person receiving a decoration is not able to appear on the day of decoration ceremony for any reason, he or she shall received the logo group and miniature of the decoration for the Ministry of Home Affairs.
(4) If a decoration is conferred on a person after his or her death or a person receiving a decoration dies prior to the performance of decoration conferring ceremony, his or her wife or husband or failing such wife or husband, his or her eldest offspring, or failing any offspring, his or her near heir shall receive the group of logo, decoration/title or honor and miniature.
(5) A person receiving a decoration shall not put on the group of logo thereof prior to the holding of the decoration conferring ceremony.
